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lIIIPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. COUNTY COURTS. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition from certain credit drapers called tallyraen, against the County Courts Amendment Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented petitions in favour of the bill, from the Board of Guardians of Blackburn. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Bolton Gas—Great Eastern Railway (Highbeach Branch)—Bolton Improvement—Ssvenoaks, Maidston, and Tunbridge Rail way—Crystal Palace and South London J unction . Railway, Trent Coast Railway—Midland Railway (St. Pancras Branch)—Liverpool Improvement--Liverpool Sanitary. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Scots Episcopal Fund and Bedford and Cambridge Rail way. THE RIOT AT ST. BERNARD'S REFORMATORY. Lord BERNERS called attention to the riot which had taken place amongst the boys at the St. Bernard's Refor matory, and said he should put a question to her Majesty's Government in reference to the motion this day fortnight. INSANE PRISONERS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought up the report of the select committee on this bill. JAMAICA. Lord DtiNSANY moved an humble address to her Majesty for a copy of the correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the late Governor, and late Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica respecting the esta blishment of party government or responsible government in that island, and also a copy of a report presented to the House of Assembly by a committee appointed to consider and report to the house on certain points connected with the pro. posed tramway between Spanish Town and Porus ; and also to correspondence relating tothe.threat of dismissal made to M. Espeut, member of the House of Assembly, if he did not support the Lieutenant• Governor ; also for a copy of the memorial sent to her Majesty by the House of Assembly in Jamaica, and the correspendence that had taken place between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Lieutenant-Governor relative to the said memorial. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said there would be no objection to•give the papers or extracts from them. CHIMNEY SWEEPERS' BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Lord SHAFTESBURY explained the objects of the bill he had introduced for the amendment of the present law regulating the mode of sweeping chimneys. The practice of employing children of tender age in this occupation had of late years much increased in some places in consequence of the difficulties of procuring convictions under the existing act. All he wished to do was to introduce such amendments as should render it easier to put the law in force against those who persisted in employing children in this trade. To prove the necessity of some interference he read numerous extracts from recent evidence of the revolting cruelty the masters were forced to employ in training children to the work. All this suffering, he asserted, was totally unneces sary, as chimney sweeping by the machine, when properly done, was in all respects efficient. The employment of children had been abolished in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leices ter, and other large places. In no place was it necessary, as the machine was adapted to flues of every kind of con struction. Nor were the master sweeps, as a body, opposed to the prohibition of children's labour. They stated that they are frequently compelled to employ it by the prejudices of householders, often of the wealthier classes, who will not a'low a machine to be used in their chimneys. Having further described the manner in which infants are bought and sold for the trade, and reduced to a condition of slavery, he implored the house not to reject the bill, by which he had attempted to attack a cruel practice unknown to any other civilised nation. Lord BROUGHANI expressed his hearty approval of the measure, The house went into committee on the bill, and agreed to the clauses with some auendments. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening. The SPEIKUIt took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Argyllshire Roads—London, Cha! ham, and Dover Rail way (No. 2) (New Lines, &c.)—Metropolitan and Saint John's Wood Railway—Midland Railway (Bath and Thorn bury)—Rock Life Asatranco Company—Salop Fire Office —Severn Valley Railway-1 hames Embankment (South Side)—Trent, Anchohne, and Grimsby Railway—West minster Palace Hotel Company. RAILWAY COMPANIES. Lord STANLEY moved that so much of the standing order 142 as prohibited railway companies owning or using steam vessele, harbours, and docks be repealed. lie pro • posed that these questions should be referred to a committee upstairs, and he believed that the order as it now stood would not be beneficial to the pablic interests. That order was made under circumstances totally different to the present, and he denied that the E fg2ct of the alteratLn which he proposed would give, as was contended, a monopoly to the railway companies. He could not see how it concerned Parliament or the public whether vessels or dock should be held by railway companies or any other bodies so long as truffle was facilitated. Mr. BARROW asked the house to pause before consent ing to this alteration. He was very anxious for this stand ing order being agreed to some years ago, in order to prevent a monopoly on the part of railway companies, which he thought was a subject in which the house should justly interfere. He strongly objected also to railway companies having such extensive powers as this order was intended to limit, without any reference to Parliament. Mr. CLAY objected to the motion of the noble lord, and denied that this order prohibited railway proprietors be coming shipowners, but merely imposed on them the onus of showing the necessity of what they desired as a matter of public convenience. He considered that the repeal of this order would go further than it proposed, as it would convey an intimation to railway companiet that the powers which they sought would be pedal wherever they were required, instead of throwing on them the necessity of showing that such powers would be exercised for the public interest. He defied any one who had read the evidence before the committee to come logically to the conclusion that by giving railway compar.les these extensive powers the interests of the public would be pro moted. Mr. HODSON said that if he thought the repeal of this order would have the effect of injuring the shipping inte• rest, he would not advocate it, Iy:a he contended that such would not be the result. tfe considered, however, that in regard to the purche. e o of shipping, or any other property, the shareholde-ia of railways should have the right of restricting tiv.;tr directors in making purcb: des o f such property. Tr —'4der all the circumstances he - f e lt bound to support the tr.etion of the noble lord. Sir H, CAI tiNS was opposed to tb prosed, and cited t r io evidence adducedbetore the alteration committee op how that the e ff ec t of the standing Order bein g pealed would re be to i :irive steamship owners out of tha field altogether, and, therefore, virtually create a nrempol Y whiokl would not conduce to the benefit of the public. GIBSON said the c..se was simply that com plaints had been made Parliament which l e d to the appointment of a r j o ram ittee, which, after delibera tion, recommended the adoption of the course which the nob', e lord (Stanley) now advocated. It was asserted ' oy the complainants that the declared policy of the hP :ase was different to its practice. Since 1548 the P rect' ..ce of Parliament had been to grant powers to public cr dmpanies-- An Ho N . , MEMBER—SometiDaes to refuse them. Mr. M. GlBSON—Sometimes to refuse them. (A laugh,) What the noble lord (Stanley) asked was merely to repeal an order that was calculated to mislead the coun try. After soma discussion, the r;Action was negatived without a division, ILLTREATMENr OF MISSIONARIES IN ABYSSINIA. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what information her Majesty's Govern-- rnent had received relat,;ng to the ill-treatment of missionaries in Abyssinia, and the imprisonment of her Majesty's con eta there by Ki Theodorus ; and what steps her Majesty's Government h3.d taken in consequence, Mr ' L AY A.RD said, that efforts were being made to effect th e ), beratiou of the Consul, and the other matter had re v E hve' ) , the attention of the Government. G REENWICH HOSPITAL. n the_ order for go i ng i nto committee of supply, Sir J HAY moved a resolution to the effect that it was desirable that the Admiralty should adopt the recommen• dations of the Royal Commission of 1860, confirmed by the report of Richard Bromley, one of the present commis• sioners, old by the letter of Mroiral Sir James Gordon, the governor of Greenwich Hospital, that the present system of doubt© government be abolished, as a remedy for the abuses ivb MI had arisen under that system. " 1 : he motion was seconded by Mr LIDDE LL, who com- Viained of the Government for neglectin g to carry out the recommendations of the commissioners. He could never understand how it was that the hospital had not been go verned at Greenwich, and he believed the abolition of the double government would bring the a fllire of the institution into harmonious working, and effect a considerable saving of c%penditure. Mr ADAM E upported the motion, and urged that to make IGrienwich Hospital what it ought to be, it was nceeseary not only that the double government should coast., but that the institution should aeeume thocharz.cter of an infirmary as well as an asylum, Mr CITILDERS, whilst can iouing tho house not to act with precipitation, admitted that a stringent menfure of reform was ni!cessary, as the expense of management was far too high, but every attention was paid t o th e com f o rt of the pensioner •s. It we‘s now intended by the Government to pr4pose to I admissions to the hospital to thcee who were incapalAe, in consequence of age or infirmity, of main tainine thorriselves outside its walls. Thus the institution would be an infirmary for the sick and a receptacle for those whose out-pensions were insufficient for their subsistence. It was also proposed to add to the out-pensions of men who had reached a certain age; to abolish the double government, :and appoint a chief officer to p-elide over the affairs of the hospital, and to do away wan tl e residential civil and military appointments of the ins': tu on at the end of five years, but not to do so without giviaz fair compen sats:on. The hon. gentleman shadowed out the probable effect of these changes in a financial point of view, and intimated that the plan would be matured in the recess and a measure brought before the house early in the nest session of Parliament. Sir J. PAKINGTON was glad the Government had arrived at a conclusion upon this important question, and so far as it appeared to him the principle on which the Ad miralty proposed to act was a sound one. With respect to the double government of the hospital, the house, he was sure, would be gratified at hesAng that the system was to be put an end to ; but he could no regard the pro posal to reduce the miP;cary appoinments to a period of five years without feeltlgs of doubt and jealousy. In answer to INTL-. CORRY, Lord C. i'AGET said that among the appointments that were to terminate at the end of five years were the offices of governor and lieutenant-governor of the hospital. He added that he should shortly lay upon the table the memo. , randum of the First Lard containing the details of the scheme ; and that hereafter Greenwich Hospital would be placed on the same footing as Hasler and other hospitals, with a superintendent and sufficient officers to maintain discipline in the establishment. Sir J. HAY expressed his satisfaction at the statement made by Mr. Childers, and his motion was then withdrawn. SCOTCH PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. Sir J. FERGUSSON moved for a select committee to inquire how far the number of the members of the ad ministration charged with the conduct of the affairs of Scotland, and having seats in Parliament, is commensu rate with the requ'zements of that part of the United Kingdom. The lion, baronet argued that the Lord Advocate, the member of the Government to whom the conduct of the Scotch business was entrusted, being a practicing lawyer, and having other avocations elsewhere, had not time to introduce measures of the magnitude and importance that were necessary ; that the mode in which Scotch bills were prepared, considered, and passed was not satisfactory; and that the political functions of the Lord Advocate ought not to be exercised by a practising lawyer, The motion having been seconded by Mr CAIRD, Mr E. P. BOUVERIE contended that the management of Scotch business under the present system was satisfac tory to the members from Scotland, and that there was no necessity for any change. The LORD ADVOCATE, in opposing the motion and answering the objections of Sir J. Fergusson, said that although it was true the holder of his office was a practising lawyer, it was also certain that during the session of Par liament he must, to a great extent, throw his private prac • tice to the winds, and with few and rare exceptions he him self had acted upon that principle. The right hon. gentle man then enumerated the many important measures affect ing Scotland that had become law in recent years, in order to show that the interests of the country had not been neglected by the executive, Further, if he compared those measures with others of the same magnitude and impor tance for England, the proof that Scotch legislation was not crude or defective was to be seen in the fact that there were SO few instances in which it had been questioned in the courts of law. The functions of the Lord Advocate were no doubt numerous and responsible, but he considered that they were not beyond the powers of one man with reasonable diligence and assiduity to perform. Mr SMOLLETT urged that large reforms were necessary in the Court of session, the Sheriffs' Courts, and in the laws relating to marriage, succession, and domicile in Scotland ; but complained that, when on a previous occasion he drew attention to these subjects, the Lord Advocate told him that he had better take them in hand himself. In his opinion, Scotchmen required that the law on these points should be assimilated to that of England. If a Secretary of State were appointed for Scotland they might hope to see him deal with questions of that sort, but as long as the whole con duct of the Scotch business in Parliament was entrusted to the Lard Advocate they would never have any large legal reforms such as the country demanded. After some observations from Mr. CIRNEGIE and Mr. ROBERTSON, Mr. MIME believed that the appointment of a select committee would bring out no new facts or be of any good whatever. He suggested, therefore, that the motion should be withdrawn. Sir W. DUNBAR remarked that long experience had convinced him that no change cr,uld be beneficially intro duced in the mode of conducting Scotch business in that house. In his opinion it was managed very satisfactorily, and he attributed that circumstance to the friendly inter• course which was maintained between the Lord Alvocate and the Scotch members. The motion was then withdrawn, THE DAY OF PAYMENT OF THE OCTOBER DIVIDENT)S. Mr. R. MILLS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether for the convenience of the public he would make an arrangement by which the dividends on the Government annuities, payable at the Bank of England in the month of October, should be paid on the Bth day of that month, the same as in the case of the months of January, April, and July. The hon. member based his application on the ground that many infirm persons, forgetting that the o , :tober divi dends are not paid until tho 13th, came as usual on the Sth of the month, and had their labour for their pains. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the 13th of October had been the dividend day ever since the Bank of England had been established, and he was not aware that any very large number of persons were disap pointed by making the mistake referred to. He should have pleasure in acceding to the wish of the hon. member, but for one matter of considerable importance. Tho house was was aware that the September quarter was one of extremely weak receipt. The September quarter would always be a weak quarter. The great mass of cur payments were con centrated upon four periods of the year, which are partially connected wif h the four quarter-days of the Exchequer, and partly with the four days for the payment of dividends at the Bank of England, which were very near them. Con.se quentl,7 the public funds accumulated, there came a heavy Inessure, and the whole or nearly the whole of the balances were exhausted. Therefore, if we were to increase that pressure at any of those quarter-days, e should compel the public either to increase its demands on the Bank of Eng land for deficiency bills, or else to have a large amount of money in hands at that particular time. his hon, friend might perhaps think the difference very small, but that would not be so, for the proposed change would have the effect of diminishing the quarter's revenue by nearly a million. Under the circumstances, therefore, he could not g ive a p l edge to alt ...1 the law with regard to dividends. EPPING FOREST. Ur rr ...OII.IIENS asked the Secretary to the Treasury rliether her Majesty's Government intended to take any steps to carry ont, completely or partially, the recommenda tions contained in the report of the select committee on Royal forests in Essex of last session; whether any en croachments or enclosures had been reported to have been made within the forests since the date of that report; and, ii so, whether they had taken place on portions of the forest wherein the rights of the Crown had been sold or not, He would also move for copy of any orders or correspond.. ence regarding inclosures in the Royal forest in Essex since, or in consequence of, the report of the select com mittee of last session. Mr F. PEEL said it was desirable that the rights of the Crown over Epping Forest should be clearly under stood. The forestal right of the Crown was simply a right to feed deer; and as there were no deer in the forest, the right of the Crown merely amounted to a right of preventing fences being put up and keeping the forest an unenclosed waste. The select committee on forests had re ported in favou r of the Crown disposing of this right, which was accordingly done, and at present there only remained 3,000 acres over which the Crown exercised any control. The committee of last year had also recommended that por tions of the forest should be set apart for public recreation grounds, but they did not state how the cost of making a public , park was to be maintained. If that difficulty wore ove rcome, the recommendation might be carried out. He believed there had been no en croachments or inclosures since the committee made their report, nor had any report been made respecting the forest since that time, with the exception of one from the Commissioners of Woods, which was at present under consideration. Mr. PEACOCK E thought the right hon. gentleman had underrated the importance of the forestal rights of the Crown, for upon their preservation depended the power of keeping open spaces for the recreation of the inhabitants of this crowded metropolis. When the hon. gentleman the Secretary of the Treasury stated that no enclosures had taken place in the forest since the committee had reported, he could only say that the Government were badly informed on the subject. He had himself gone down to Epping Forest a fortnight ago, and he found that a portion of it near Woodford Wells was inclosed, the place which used to be the greatest resort of the public for the purposes of recreation. He thought it would be well to send down a commission to the spot to see what portion should be set apart for recreation, and, if necessary, that the freeholds should be purchased. Mr. WATLINGTON dwelt upon the importance of pro- Carving portions of the forest for the enjoyment of the pope • lation of the eastern parts of the metropolis, who went there in crowds on Saturdays and Mondays, and on other days during the summer season. He thought that the rights'of the people had been very much interfered with by the legal, and sometimes illegal, enclosures which were constantly taking place. Mr. COX complained that, since the report of the com mittee, enclosures had taken place and were taking place, and he thought it was the duty of the Government to pro tect loth riZlita of the Crown and the rights of the people. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER slid there NV:18 ono proposition upon which they were all agreed — that this question Was in a state which was vary unsatis factory. The majority of the committee recommandcd, amongst other things, that the sanction of Parliament was to be obtained for encl os i ng portions of the forest, and that, where the rights of parties were interested provision should be made for purchasing those rights. But who was to find the purchase money ? The house should remember I the estates of the Crown were only vested in the publ;- - Its f life ; and that the duty of -... ttS tenon, .or . • of Woods and Forests was tir , vommislioners aNcninlster that estate as ether landlords admintf,,exed their estates, the address of last year, b:wever, was calculated to inflict considerable injury upon the corpus of the Crown estate. Moreover, the public were not the people of London—the public were the people of the three kingdoms ; and were the people of all the other towns in the country entitled to make similar claims upon the Consolidated Fund ? Don't let them look at a narrow corner of the question. Let them look to what the State had done for the people of London. The sole effect of the ad dress of last year had been to prevent the Government from selling those forestal rights ; and the consequence was those rights were enjoyed without the permission of Government. Governtient was not justified in appointing commissioners for ate purpose of getting rid of responsibility. "Unless they Were prepared to entrust a definite object to a commission, they ought not to be appointed. But, independently of that, the house had entrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works the business of providing for such wants on the part of the metropolis, and therefore the Government would not be justified in taking upon itself functions which had been conferred upon another body, Sir J, SHELLEY thought the right hon. gentleman was mistaken with respect to the powers of the Metropolitan Board of Works—they had no power of taking any lands beyond their jurisdiction. All that was now asked for was that Government should prevent any encroachments upon these forests. Mr, TORRENS then withdrew his motion. PROMOTION IN THE NAVY. Sir L. PALK moved that the house resolve itself into a committee to consider of an humble address to be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to give directions for putting the staff captains, commanders, and masters of the Royal navy upon an equality in pay, rank, and eligibility for receiving marks of distinction, with any other class of officers in that service, Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was not his intention to make any observations respecting the case of the masters, but he wished to submit to the Admiralty whether the question of his hon. friend did not open a question of a far wider character. (Hear, hear,) A supplementary estimate had been brought forward, in which provision was made for captains and flag officers, but the plan was not satisfactory to the officers affected by it, It was also a serious defect that there were several classes of officers which were not touched by it at all. He submitted that the time was come when the subject should be dealt with in a more ex tensive manner than it had been in the supplementary esti mates, and he hoped his noble friend (Lord C. Paget) would inform the house whether there would be any ob jection to refer the matter to a Royal commission. (Hear, hear.) Colonel EDWARDS supported the motion. _ _ Mr. C. BERKELEY thought, as the committee last year had no power to inquire into queetion of pay, and consider ing the state of the lists, the suggestion of the right hon. baronet was well worthy of consideration. Sir W. MILES hoped the Secretary of the Admiralty would make this concession. He thought there was no class in the navy that required more consideration than that of the masters. He trusted that the claims of these meritorious officers might be taken into consideration by a Royal corn- mission. Mr. AYRTON said he hoped that the house would not too hastily adopt the suggestion that had been made. The real question was, whether the inducements at present heid out by the Royal Navy were sufficient to secure as efficient class of officers for her Majesty's set vice. He believed that they were ; and, therefore, could not see the necessity for these constant applications on the i part of the officers for an increase of pay. lie hoped the country would be satisfied with what had been done by the committee of last year. Mr. Alderman ROSE thought the masters had a real grievance, which ought to be considered by the house. Mr, T. HANKEY was of opinion that if the House of Commons were to be made a court of appeal for grievances which ought to be remedied by the officers of the Crown, great inconvenience would ensue. So long as the services of the country were efficiently discharged, it was the duty of the house to watch the expeniture of the Government, Mr. FERRAND vindicated the right of the masters to appeal to the house if they had a grievance. Were they to strike, as had been recommended the other night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER called upon the hon. gentleman to prove his statement. Mr. FERRAND apologised if he had misrepresented the right hon. gentleman. At any rate, the right hon. gentleman had justified strikes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed his dissent. Lord C. PAGET was hardly prepared to say whether the Gevernment would recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission. The masters had been invited to state their grievances, and he was prepared to repeat what he stated a few nights ago, that it was not the question of pay so much as their social rank and position that they com plained of. The committee recommended that some higher rank should be given to them, and this the Admiralty had carried out. There were still some grievances about com parative rank; but the House of Commons was not the place for the discussion of these subject,, and he would implore the house to leave all these matters in the hands of the Admiralty, who were responsible for them, The noble lord compared the pay received by masters with the pay received by lieutenants and commanders, and contended that there could be no grievance on the part of the mas ters as regarded their pay. Of all classes of officers in the navy, his sympathy was, perhaps, most with the DIM • ters, who were, in his opinion, the most useful class of men ; but he was sorry they should come before the house with this grievance. Sir J, ELPHINSTONE defended the claims of the masters, who were well deserving of the consideration of the house, and said it was absurd to suppose that the offi cers of the navy should be silent on the subject of their grievances, while the Chancellor of the Exchequer pointed out to the artisan that the way to obtain an increase of wages was by a" strike." The right hon. gentleman might rely upon it that the matter would not be allowed to drop until justice was done. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repudiated the practice of transferring to commissioners the duties, and declared that the administration of public patronage would become foul and corrupt if it were exercised upon the loose and arbitrary principles contended for that evening. After some observations from Mr. Corry, Sir J, Hay, and Mr. Hennessy, the amendment was withdrawn, and the house went into committee of supply pro ,forma. The Banking for Co-partnership and the College of Phy sicians Bills were road a third time and passed, The Burials Registration Bill was read a second time. Mr. FE RRAND obtained leave to introduce a bill to amend the Act compensating the families of persons killed by accident. The house adjourned at five minutes to two o'clock. THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.—The commerce of the Society Islands is growing. They now export fish, mother-of-pearl, pearls, sea snails, cocoa nut oil, fibres, and fecula of pia, vanilla, sugar, coffee, alcohol made of kawa, and rat-ear mushrooms. The rat-ear mushrooms are sold for 200 dole. a tun. These and the sea snail are shipped to Chi na. —Panama Star. 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In treating this class of diseases, Holl oway ' s Pills should always be taken while using the oint ment; they purify the blood, promote perspiration, and allay dan gerous irritation. Visit of 4' vue Prince and Princess of Wales to Cambridge, After leaving Peterhouse on Thursday evening the Prince and Princess of Wales honoured with their presence a performance of the Amateur Dra matic Company, better known as the A.8.C., at their bijou theatre. With performances of this nature there can be no mediocre standard ; they are either insufferably dull, or else yield more pleasure and attain a success more brilliant than it is in the power of professional actors to achieve. The acting of the A.D.C. was decidedly of the latter class. From the time the curtain rose till it fell ultimately, a few minutes before 11 o'clock, the audience were kept in uninterrupted good humour, and not only the Prince, but nearly every member of the Royal party, testified by frequent applause how much they appreciated the efforts of the company for their en tertainment. The performance began with the farce of " Whitebait at Greenwich," but the principal feature in the programme was the burlesque extra vaganza of "Aladdin ; or the Wonderful Scamp." The Cambridge amateurs are not content, like many of their fellows, to avail themselves of external aid in any of the parts intended to move the tender pas. sions ; they stand or fall by their own resources exclusively, and they represent and put upon the stage female as well as male characters, which sing and dance and look almost as captivating as the fair originals whom they seek to counterfeit. Where all distinguished themselves so highly it is invidi ous to make selections, but a recognition of the eminent services of Mr. Burnand, to whom the foundation of the company is due, ought not to be overlooked. From the theatre their Royal Highnesses drove at once to the Fitz williatn Museum, where a ball was given in their honour, and on their way the electric light, which had been flashing for some hours previously from the summit of Great St. Mary's Church, was thrown full upon the Royal carriages, and afforded to th e mu lti tu d es o f specta tors thronging the streets an admirable opportunity of seeing the Prince and Princess as they passed. Among the leading members of the University there had been considerable division of opinion as to the propriety of devoting their grand Museum to such purposes as a ball, and a very clever paper apropos of the discussion had been put forward, it is said, by Professor Selwyn. In this the point was humor. ously canvassed whether it was intended that the Prince should take his degree per saltum ; and in reply to the doubtings and questionings of an ima ginary M.A. the Procaneellarius was represented as saying,,. Saltabiraus onines ; Orbis et uxor amans ardet inire choros. Further on the M.A. wishes to be informed what dunce befits the character of so grave an institu- tion Forsan Minueita decora llispana ducet cum gravitate choros. The response of the Procancellarius is more in ac cordance with the spirit of the external world in vading the institution : Non ita—nam priecos redolet minis ills catones; Nec rapidos juvenes tarda chorea decet ; thistati potius—GyruFque, et Polka—supremus Sub matutina Luce—Rogerus Eques. To the pamphlet was affixed the title " Hospitium Saltatorium," and in consequence of this grave University joke the grand Museum, which forms one of the most imposing of the modern architectu ral decorations of Camb r idge, has acquired th e similar appellation of " the dancing-booth." The ball, nevertheless, was held, in spite of all the opposition end raillery brought to bear, and was attended with brilliant success. Upwards of a thousand persons were present, and the arranges ments were such as to exhibit the noble proportions of the building to the greatest advantage. The large entrance-hall or portico, which is yet un finished, was draped from the ceiling with the Danish colours, and by the introduction in large numbers of rare and costly plants a striking vestis bale, partaking of the nature of a conservatory, was formed. Gas was carried for the occasion into the different rooms upstairs, and the effect was heightened by innumerable lamps, judiciously dis tributed, and by w a x li g h ts i n t h e supper room below. The b o n t d of f enad st ie a r ir G na u s a e r , d a s n w d acsosotate ined at t h f the grand Grenadier and Tinney's band held possession of the orchestra in one of the emailer apartments of the great room. This principal apartment was the one in which visi tors mainly assembled, and as none of the pictures upon the walls had been disturbed, these presented a valuable relief during the interval that elapsed before the arrival of the royal party. For their accommodation a email apartment, fitted up with a dais and couches, was set apart at the end of the great room corresponding to that where the orches tra was established. The Princ e an d Princess, however, expressed a wish to dance in the great gallery or state room ; and although at the outset the gratification of their desire was attended with a little difficulty, owing to the number of visitors present, and the general anxiety to press forward as much as possible, a sufficient space in the centre of the room was ultimately cleared, and maintained by the formation of a volunteer rope brigade. The Prince led off the first quadrille with Lady Royston, the Princess dancing with Lord Royston. After wards his Royal Highness danced with the Duchess of Manchester, and the Princess of Wales with his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. Her Royal Highness was attired as usual in mourning but were magnificent diamond ornaments, and, though exhibiting traces of fatigue, appeared to enter thoroughly into the spirit of the scene. At 1 o'clock supper was served for 40 in the Library—a very spacious and beautiful apartment. The guests were—his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Marquis and Marchioness of Carmarthen, the Marquis Camden. Earl Powis, Earl and Countess Hardwicke and Ledy Agneta Yorke, Countess of Morton,Earl Gran ville, Earl and Countess Spencer, Earl and Coun tees Fitz william, Viscount and Viscountess Royston, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Hyde, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Harris, lion. C. Carring ton, Hon. and Rev. the Master of Magdalene and Hon. Mr, L. Neville, Colonel the Hon. James Mac donald, the Vice. Chancellor, and Mrs. Cookson, the Master of Trinity and Lady Affieck, General Knollys, Col. Hon- E. F. Keppel, Dr. Paget, Rev, J. Power, Rev. A. V. Hadley, Rev. A. J. Day, Mr. Day, Mr. H. Oakeley, and the Rev. H. Luckock. The Royal party did not leave the Museum until about two o'clock, when they returned to Trinity Lodge, which forms the headquarters of the Prince during his stay in Cambridge. Yesterday the proceedings of the Royal party opened with a visit to the splendid chapel of King's College, the tame of which has penetrated to every quarter where architectural beauty is valued. Divince service commenced at half-past 11 o'clock, and, by desire of the Prince of Wales, consisted of the Litany (chanted), and the anthem "I have surely built thee a House." (Boyce) All persons attending the service were in their places nearly an hcur before the Royal party arrived, so that as soon as they entered the outer door they had a complete and uninterrupted view of the magnificent pano rama of stone leading to the interior of the chapel. The cheers of the spectators on the lawn of the College and from the Senate-house, where the Undergraduates were assemh,ingt rushed into the building when the doors were opened, but, subdued by the immense area and height of the roof, they sounded less like human voices than the gusts which whistle and clatter at sea through the rigging high over head. The service was exceed ingly impressive. At its close the Royal party proceeded to the Senate-house, where the tie grees not conferred on the previous day were now to be awarded. The building was, if possible, fuller than on the previous day, and the undergraduates, grown more accustomed to the presence of Royalty, were under less restraint in the utterance of their opinions. " Denmark" and " the Princess of Wales'' were even more lustily cheered than on the day before, and " Austria" quite as heartily groaned. It was a remarkable circumstance, and one creditable to Undergraduate delicacy of perception, that on neither day was "Prussia" mentioned, either for praise or for blame, "The Qeeen," " the Princess Royal" and the "baby Prince" were all most loyally and cordially honoured. Lord Palmerston was loudly cheered, and his Foreign Secretary as loudly groaned, though by an apparent inconsisten c y w h en the name of Earl Russell was afterwards coupled with " Reform," the sentiment of the assembly was decidedly favourable. Messrs. Cobden and Bright had their full share of odium. Mr. Disraeli even was seateelis a prime favourite, though what had happened in the interval to reverse the verdict of the previous day it was not easy to discover. The Bishop of Oxford, the L' Like of Manchester, the Emperor of the French, Victor cumannel, the Oxford boat, and the University Volunteer,: were each and all warmly applauded. The col legiate " bulldogs" were barked at, and the respected master of Trinity was whistled at, and by that time the distinguished visitors were nearly all in their places, and the proceedings commenced. The re citations of the various prizemen were first de livered, and the occupants of the gallery were by no means sparing in their comments. One recipient of a medal for Greek composition must have been anything but encouraged by the opinion vouchsafed from candid friends above that his utterance was "rather flat," and numerous were the exhortations addressed to others to " cut it short." At last the point was reached at which the Chancellor of the University proceeded to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon the various personages selected for that distinction. Before conducting each in his turn to the Chancellor of the University the Public Orator delivered a short introductory address in Latin, putting forward the grounds on which in the opinion of the University the Doctors elect had entitled themselves to that privilege. The first so introduced to the assembly was the Earl Granville, who was warmly applauded, and imme diately following him was the Duke of Manchester, to whom the Orator having alluded as adding " brighter glories" to the reception of the Prince and Princess at Cambridge by the presence of the cavalry troop, which he himself had raised, there was a loud and general outburst of cheering. Earl Stanhcpe elicited a graceful compliment to his literary fame, and to the impactial character of him writings. Lord Carnarvon, as a rising statesman, and Lord Eversley, as Speaker for 18 years, and one whose ancestors preferred exile to change of reli gion, were likewise well received. But it was for Lord Palmerston that the full force of Undergraduate enthusiasm was shown, though, like warm but in discreet friends, they kept him standing for several minutes before even a word in his favour could be heard. The Orator, in a few brief but telling sentences, presented him as the Pilot who had weathered EC, many storms, as the man to whom the country intrusted its fortunes confi dently in time of peace, but still more willingly in time of war. The noble Premier having retired amid the plaudits of the assembly, Lord Leigh next received the honorary degree at the hands of the Chancellor; but the cheering when Sir Edward Balwer Lytton was presented was only just, if at all, inferior to that when the Premier went up. The justice of the mode in which the Orator summed up his claims as " poet, philoso pher, orator," was instantly accepted by the gal leries. In this real prosaic world, the Orator added, he presided over colonies, and when he liked, as a magician, he created and peopled a world of his own. When Sir Edward resumed his seat he must have carried with him a gratifying ccnviction of the esteem in which his name is held in the University of Cambridge. Sir W. P. Wood and Sit' C. East lake having received their degrees, the only one of the Doctors of Law against whom any hostile roam .- festations were made advanced to the foot of the dais on which the Chancellor was sitting. Unlike most of the other instances, the introduction of the Public Orator was not waited for. The moment the Dean of Westminster left his seat a strong band of oppo nents raised their voices, and though the majority were in his favour they were never able to drown altogether the tumult of the rival faction. The uproar was so prolonged that although the Orator once or twice tried to quell it by commencing his address, and though the Chancellor rose from his seat and beckoned to the Undergraduates for silence, it was apparently from weariness that they desisted at list. Even then a final round of cheering from the Dean's friends nearly set them all off again, like the last contradictory croak in a rookery. The Orator stated the case for the Dean of Westminster as strongly as possib.e, alluded to his unselfish and chivalrous character, to his travels in the East with the Prince of Wales, to his ardent love of truth, and to the courage with which he de fended opinions he had been led to adopt by in• quiry, concluding with the aspiration :—" Te igiture, Oxoniensibus tuis invidemus. Talis quum sis, noster esto !" The list of honorary degrees closed with the names of Mr. Beresford Hope, Dr. Watson, Professor Hoffmann, the eminent organic chemist, and the well-known Professor Wheatstone. The grace had also passed in the case of Professor Cobet, of the University of Leyden, one of the most distinguished Greek scholars probably in Europe, but he unfortunately was not able to attend. The proceedings had terminated, and the royal party were about to leave the Senate-;muse when one voice was heard high above all the bualz of con versation, inviting " Three cheers for Canon Wordsworth," which were accordingly giv en , 1,,:t I with an admixture of hissing on the part of those who thought it scarcely fair to return to a subject already disposed of. From the Senate-house after a short interval the Prince and Princess, with tha Duke cf Cambridge and their suite, proceeded to the hall of King's Cal• lege, where they were entertained at luncheon, and at three o'clock walked across the lawn of King's to witness the display which always possesses so great a charm—the procession of boats. A marquee had been pitched at the end of the lawn, from which the royal party were enabled to command an admirable view of the proceedings, at the same time that any thing like pressure was avoided. The spectators formed a perfect line at either side of the river some distance back from the brink, and thus a clear avenue was kept to see the boats as they approached. These were not filled, as is sometimes the case, with " scratch" crews, but with the oarsmen by whose efforts their relative precedence had been decided. Trinity Hall enjoys this year the envied place of honour, and in compliment to the Princess the lines of the boat were picked out with a double row of white and red peonies, a thick cluster of which also concealed from view the distinctive emblem on the summit of the boat's ensign. The other boats, to the number in all of 14, followed in single file at racing speed, and eccentricities of vari ous kinds showed themselves in their preparations. One, for instance, had a solemn-looking dog with proctorial bands sitting in the bow, with as grave an air as if responsible for the success of the demon stration. After ail the boats had passed through Glare-bridge and the bridge above they droped down again one by one in the same order, and took up a position in front of the Princess's marquee. Each as it did so shipped its oars and drew as close to its neighbour as possible, till the whole extended nearly across the river like a raft. This was a manoouvre requiring the utmost care, the boats having to be balanced with critical nicety; but it was accomplished by the crews with apparent ease, and when massed together within such a narrow compass the combined effect of the flags fore and att of the distinctive colours in the dress of each of the eights was singularly bright and pleasing. At a given signal the occupants of all the boats rose, and tossing their oars into the air like gigantic corn stalks, cheered the Royal party to the very echo. Orford may certainly boast its High-street, bat it has nothing to present at all equalling the backs of the Colleges at Cambridge. One portion of these was seen to advantage in that part of the day's proceedings last described, and the drive to St. John's College, where the Horticultural Show was held, was well calculated to convey an idea of the peculiar beauty of these gardens. The ostensible occasion for this assembly was a horticultural fete, but it was evident that numbers of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood who could not gain access to the Senate-house or Fitzwilliam Museum had come with the laudable intention of seeing the Princess rather than the flowers. The pupils of the School of Art, mar. shelled by the secretary, Mr, Beaumont, formed a square iu front of the platform provided for their Royal Higbnesses, and as the names of the success ful candidates were read. out by Mr. Emery they filed past the Princess, and received their prizes from her hands. Their Royal Highnesses then came to the front of the platform, and at the request of Prince, Sir C. Eastlake addressed to the pupils a few appropriate words, and thanked their Royal Highnesses for the encouragement afforded to the Cambridge School of Art. The Royal party at dinner at Trinity Lodge in. eluded the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Duke of Devonshire, Lady Louisa Cavendish, Viscount and 'Viscountess Palmerston, Earl Spencer, Earl of Morton and Lady Morton, ...Tord Harris, Lord A. Hervey, General Knollys, Colonel _TC..eppel, Lady Emma Osborne, Hon. and Rev. L. Nevillt;, Master of Magdalen, and Mrs. Neville, the President i;. f . Queen's, Colonel Macdon ald, Rev. W. C. Matheson, and the Vico-Chancellor and Mrs. Cookson, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMEs.—A less attractive subject for a debate than Irish Chancery procedure can hardly be ima gined, and yet it proved capable of sustaining a somewhat lively discussion on Thursday night. Our readers will easily guess the reason. The reform of most institutions, and especially of Law Courts, entails the creation of new offices and the superan nuation of many "valuable public servants." This is always a painful process, and though the scale of compensation is generally excessive as compared with the working salary, the struggles of the victims about to be laid on the shelf are often distressing to witness. Masters in Chancery notoriously die hard, and that in more senses than one, for, after exhibit ing the greatest tenacity of official life, they gene rally manage, as Mr Whiteside says, to punish the public by prolongir g their natural lives, on comfort able pensions, for an unconscionable time. Now, it happened that the Government bill for reorganising the Irish Court of Chancery threat( ned to displace several of these formidable functionaries. It is pro. posed to retain one only out of tour, and to substitute for the remaining three a Vice-Chancellor with two chief clerks. The object of this change is to intro duce " the Vice Chancellor sy stem ;" in other words, to assimilate the constitution of the Irish to that of the English Court. Having said this much, we have already suggested to persons conversant with such matters the arguments proper to be used on the Con servative. What have these masters done to deserve such treatment ? Did not Master Litton hear some 6,000 causes and nearly 40,000 motions in thirteen years and a half ? Were not similar prodigies of industry performed in the offices of Master Brooke, Master Murphy, and Master Lyle, and is it not well-known that not above a fraction of their decisions was ever reversed on appeal? Would their successors or rather their substitutt.s, the Vice-Chancellor and his clerks, be equally efficient ; and would it not be as well to know the names of the gentlemen to be appointed before passing the bill ? Has any com plaint been made against the present system by the bar? Will not the alteration be more expensive than it looks on paper ; will it not give much scope for jobbery; is it not, at least, " premature No one expects objections of this class to be answered seriously. They are duly paraded, because they have a sort of prescriptive right to be employed on such occasions, just as ushers and pages are always in attendance at Court ceremonials, though their presence is not not:ced. There is, however, a real principle involved in this measure, though it is rather difficult to disentangle it from these acces sories. That principle is the expediency of a cause being prosecuted through all its stages under the direction of the same Judge or judicial officer. It was the impossibility of carrying out this improve.. ment by any addition to the staff of Masters under one Chancery Judge that led to the appointment of our own Vice-Chancellors and the abolition of Masterships in Chancery. The opponents of the bill now before the House contend that while the English Chief Clerks are Masters in disguise, the Irish Masters are not Masters at all, but Vice- Chancellors in all but the name. The obvious answer is that, if so, there are too many of them, and that the name of the officer who is hereafter to act as Vice-Chancellor had better be made to cor respond with his duties. " What is wanted," how ever, replies Mr. Longfield, is " men not above their business, and accessible to the practitioners with whom they are daily brought in contact." A Vice-Chancellor is a man of " unapproachable dignity," and might be tempted to job—a thing which no Master has ever been known to do. In short. " what is wanted," is the retention of their' situation by the individuals now called " Masters," and herein consists the chief difference between the Government sc;eeme and that formerly advocated by Mr. Whiteside him, self. In the year 1856 he brought in a bill of hi s ovir „ , . the preamble of which fully recognised the "delay, expense, and other incon. venience" arising from t he practice of references to Masters, and the enactinj clauses of which pro vided for the substitution of tlsssee Vice-Chancellors, with a Chief Clerk and two Junior Clerks apiece. But then he proposed that the , first Vice-Chancellor should be selected from the body of Masters, and otherwise "utilized the existing staff, as inr. Long field calls it, thereby admitting the plea "ii taut que j'existe" and propitiating vested interests. It was perfectly competent, therefore, for Mr. White hide to oppose Mr. 0. Hagan's Bill on personal grounds, but it was scarcely consistent to oppose it on grounds of principle. There is nothing less credi table to our legislative wisdom than the difficulty experienced in maturing and carrying reform in the administration of the law, and the worst is that our Constitution provides no alternative or remedy. Take the history of this very question. A Royal Commission issued in 1854 to inquire into the working of the Landed Estates Court in Ireland reports in favour of changes in substance the same as these now contemplated. Mr. Longfield himself gave evidence in support of them, but now recants his opinion. Various attempts were made to em body the recommendations of the Report in a s .' -mal Amendment Bill—Mr. Whiteside's among Lo. the ra :st— and the result was that a Select Commit tee was Th2 minated, took evidence on their compara tive merits, a .nd elaborated thec om p rom i se now i n operation, whim, Mr. Longfield con s id ers p er fect. Lord Clanricarde on the Then came a mota" of abuses of Chanter in' Ireland, and the House of Lords, too readily belieo:ng, that " nothing Irish could be "right," inanifestea a desire for a new Commission. The new Commissio: being composed of most eminent lawyers, both English and Irish, and of both political parties, unanimously Con fin:led the practical conclusions of the former one. It is not, we believe, denied that the bill under con sideration faithfully represents these conclusions, which are, in fact, those of Mr. Whiteside him self. We cannot help thinking that the pubdc would have been quite content to take it on trust. The spirit, however, of Parliamentary govern ment will not suffer this ; the whole centre , versy must be re-opened, the private opinions of Irish Judges and English lawyers must be quoted against the authority of the Commissioners, esnd the bill, if allowed !to be read a second time, must be made, if possible, to run the gauntlet of a select committee. There it is pretty sure to be so muti lated as to be robbed of some essential feature, and so the way is paved for further legislation. How is all this waste of power to be avoided ? The House of Commons is perfectly incapable of examining in detail the 192 clauses of such a bill as this. Yet how can the house delegate its duties to any other tribunal ; and what other tribunal would be satis factory ? Mr. George, inveighing against the course taken by the Government, thinks " a mixed Com mission of English and Irish barristers" might be able to produce something superior between them; Mr. S. Fitzgerald, following on the same side, thinks the last Commission " lost much of its value by the fact that it was composed of professional men." At all events, Parliament cannot part with its ultimate responsibility, and if this constitutional safeguard is worth preserving it seems that we must he content to pay for it in this way. HERALD. —The Yelverton case, which is again occupying public attention, presents in the midst of its romance some strange anomalies. We have the wild Irish trial. We have the sober Scotch inquiry. The former was a boisterous Hibernian ovation for the lady. The whole fact was summarily prejudged, on the instinct of a people, that the man who takes a woman for his wife at the foot of the alter, and lives with her, is to all intents and purposes, by the law of God and man, her husband. Major Yelver ton himself and his counsel felt the strong force of such a prejudice, so to call it, in Ireland. The object, therefore, was to show, not only that the marriage in Scotland by consent was illegal, and the more formal ceremony by the priest in Ireland, but that the sole cause for both pre tences was the strong affection the gentleman had entertained for the lady. He was resolved to have her. But as, on account of family reasons, he could not do BO in the usual public manner, he determined on ricking such a union as would constitute a marriage in Scotland, and such a ceremonial matrimony as was binding in the Catholic Church, and therefore on him at least in honour, and on the lady strictly in religion and conscience. This may be the conduct of a weak and unprincipled man, but it certainly is that of an ardent lover. But, when we come to the . Scotch case or cases—for there was a judgment in one court and an appeal from it in another, the latter decision setting aside the farmer; and when we examine the arguments urged by Major Yelverton's counsel in Scotland, we find his ground of defence strangely ehifted. He is no longer the gay Lothario, the infatuated lover, or even the wily and reckless seducer. The hero of the story be. comes suddenly a victim. Tnere he is—a hand some Irie!ernar, an honourable, and the heir to a noble title, a valiant officer withal, and one too in the roll of brave EiLid clever artillerists. Here is this valiant soldier pursued by a pertinacious lady, who is resolved to capta're him at any hazard. If Major Yelverton, the ea; dier, by the advice of his Scotch counsel, thought he' to adopt this droll line of defence, his friends and he are alone answer able for and must accept the' consequences. We are only concerned for the pubt.'e morality, and we must say that we do net like to find any E n g lish lady, and one in particular who ho Ids a good posi tion in society, described as pursunlg a man and determined to make him her town eve. l at the co st of all that a woman holds most precious eteld Buffed -- for even this last of imputations is freely charged. Unfortunately for the inventors here, we Lave the previous account in the Irith court of jtestice, corroborating in many a strong outline the real dispositions of the wronged woman—her depth of affection—her respect for appearances -- her firm resolution under all trials to defend her honour—and her thorough coufidingness in the. truth of her lover. We do not say that it 'was the wish or the direct aim of Major Yelverton, in the Irish trial, to bring into relief these genuine traits of character; but unquestionably there was much in his testimony throughout to prove the rea solution of Miss Longworth to b, come nothing in. ferior to a lawful wife. If this lit dy was resolved to be married to the suitor of her choice, she certainly succeeded in obtaining from him who professed to be eo ardently attached to her as bold a confirma tion of wedlock, both in Scotland and Ireland, as he mid make under existing circumstances. The lady was formally married, and there the matter would have ended had not Major Yelverton, according to his own showing, chosen to pursue a course of . fl Trent betrayal. The breach o f good taste and: judgment which we complain (lid not occur in Ireland. Maio r Yelverton was in his own country ; he had Hie men for his counsel, for his judge, for his jury, for his audience, and he dared rot libe the whole of the sex in the person of the lady who• was his lawful wife in the sight of the nation.. The lesson, howeve.", ought not to be lost on our countrywomen. The)' cannot be too ceutious and circumspect with men Vho have pretensions above their own condition. It were far better that the charge of prudishness should remain than that any now Major Yelverton should be enabled to get up a sham defence on the strengtt`e of a free outpouring of simple and sincere affection in a woman. No one can doubt that the lady in this i.nstaatee was fatally attracted to her suitor by a wk trm return of at tachment and by professions of mutual regard. This is the common sense view of the case. It is borne out by the evidence of Major Yelverton him- self on the Irish trial, it is confirmed by the entire tenor end language of his correspondence, and by much of the coneuct he formerly pursuod towards this truly unfor'unate lady. It is utterly incredible that the persistent pursuit of Miss Longworth was., to become the mistress of Major Yelverton if she , could nor be his wife. Border marriages and other' facile contrivances and substitutes for matrimony may habituate our northern neighbours to an aspect of the sex so strange in itself and so unusual in the world. There must have been some strong im pelling motive to urge counsel to proffer this plea of the woman's reckless pursuit and the man's constant avoidance and escape. To represent a gallant officer worried to death by the attentions of a lady determined to have him " will he, nil he," might be a truly original picture, or one with soma , foundation in the marriage customs of Scotland. The common beaten track of defence proved a failure in Ireland, EO new ground had to be taken. But, as if ill-luck haunted the gentlemen, we find him more unpopular in Scotland than even in his own coun try. The universal public voice is decidedly against him, as, indeed, it ought to be; for at best Major Yelverton can only plead an iniquitous law against his lawful marriage in Ireland, and his consent to this union is of a character to constitute wedlock in Scotland. The pretext that he was the victim of a cunning Englishwoman's designs may have been sought as a last refuge in the Scotch trial and appeal; but it will never do to persist in an assertion so flimsy, involving the unreasonable supposition that this accomplished lady pursued Major Yelverton— not, be it remembered, to make him her husband, but her paramour. This is the immoral and absurd conclusion, urged against his own former evidence in open court, against his published letters, against the testimony of most respectable witnesses, and against the known and recognised usages of English society. The whole plea is, as we have said, a gross libel on the sex, and will, we trust, for the honour of the country, be completely abandoned in the appeal to the House of Lords. COUNTRY MARKETS. __.i.--------. LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. Thero was a pretty fair attendance to-day of the town and country trade, and both wheat and flour met with a good consumptive inquiry at a further trifling advance, say 3d per cental and 6d per barrel and sack on the week. Indian cora mostly .held for an advance of Gd per qr, but is not saleable over 3d. Oats and oatmeal steady. but dull. Beane advanced 6d pe,~ qr. Barley and peas unchanged. STAMFORD-FRIDAY. White wheat, 4T.Sto 42s ; red, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. Barley, malting, 30s to SA; grinding, 27s to 30s per qr. Oats, 17s to 22s per 24 moue. Beans, old, 38s to 41s per qr. ; new, 36s to --s. LINCOLN-FR/DAY. All the growing crops in this district are in a satisfac tory state. The hay crop promises a heavy yield. 'Wheat has made great progress since our last report. White wheat new, 40s:to 44s ' Barley, grinding.. 27s to 30 0 Red do, 3Bs to 40s 1 Oats, old, .. 24s to 26 9 Old white =s to —s New do 20s to 23 0 Red do. —s to s i Beans. 37s to 4 01 Barley, malting.... 32s to 34s 1 Beans, new 34s to 37a IVAKEFIIMD-FRIDAY. The wheat trade was dull to-day, with only a retail busi ness, and prices were rather over last week. In other articles there was no materia: change. Averages for the week : Wheat 13,03_ qrs., at 39s 8d Rye 8ar1ey......... CORK-THURSDAY. ----- The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 8s Od to 8s 10d; wiaite, 8s Od to 9s Bd. , barley, 7 ' Id to Os Od ; oats, 5s 8d to 6s 4d ; black do., 58 3d to 5s 6d. BRISTOL SUGAR--FRIDAY. The market has become rather qn,iet during the last 'Ol or two, and only small soles on the sp oc are being made, at prices rather in favour of buyers. Refiners' produce cow tinues dull, and prices must be quoted 3d to 6d lower. There has been little business doing in rum, at about pre vious prices. Foreign Mail Packet List h 1 AILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. June 18. via Marseilles Juno 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. June 5. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena June 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. June 18 via Marseilles June 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. I,ldia (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Junel B via Marseilles June 1 2 . India Bombay), via Southaml ton .. June 11 via Marseilles Portugal Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Sout.hampton June 11. via Marseilles June 5 Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... June 8 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian pa cket.June 3 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I J une 10 cHlifornia. told lirith , h Columbia,. Births. ANDBBION—On tho 2d inst., at West Thurrock, the wife of Mr. George Anderson, of a daughter. ~ DARE—On the 3d i ns t., at 15, Half-moon-street, the Rife of Mr. A. N. Dare, Li a daughter. MORLEY—On the 3d inst., at Woodford, the wife of Jan es Henry Morley, Esq., of a son. LANCE—On the 2d inst., at Thurlbear, the wife of the Ref' W. Lance, of a son. MuNN—On the 2d inst., at Madresfield Rectory, thd Wi fe of the Rev. G. S. Munn, of a daughter. Marriages. ADAMS—Coss—On the Ist inst., at the parish church' Kensington, the Hon. Chief Justice Adams, of her jesty's colony of Hongkong, to Ellen Williams, ad° daughter of Edward Cobb, E , q., of Kensington. WATERFIELD—GAY-011 the 2d inst., William Water field, Esq., Bengal Civil Service, eldest son of the late Thomas Nelson Waterfield, E s q., of 2, Dean'e - Y aru i - Westminster, to Louisa B e nt a ll, youngest daughter 0 tho late James Gay, Esq., of Highgate. Deaths. BACON.—On the 30th ult., at Raveningham Hall, Norfolk/ Sir Edmund Bacon, Premier Bart., aged 84. COOKE.—On the Ist inst., at Hall-gate, Doncaster, Colonel W. A. Cooke, late of th e 2d G rena diers, Bengal Aral, aged Z 6. GORDON.—On the Ist inst., at Catherine Bank I - Igur Edinburgh, Sir John Watson Gordon, 11. A., her Majesty's Limner for Scotland. KERRISON.-0a the 2d inst., at Norwich, Roger Nerrisont Esq., aged 61. MAYDWILL.—On the 2d inst., a t Ashsted, near E p sorat Surrey, David Meydwill, Esq., aged 83. P RN a S i O n N w ,— ari O u g p n the 2d Esq., d o i l ia st., at aDgeeed 47. Bank, Chester, Tho m m Londcn : Prinud and Pr bashed by WILLIA.MA.ND.K EV j 2: of of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tuz Sux Office 4 ' Strand, , 11 the Precinct of the Savoy, u the CO 04 blititilvSez.—Saturday, June 4, 1864. THE SUN, LoikitioN, SATURDA y EVENING, JUNE 4, 1864.